1. Release Notes - current version 1.1.6.18976
  3. Please find below an overview of the last versions and main fixes applied:
  6. Hot fix Version 1.1.6.18976.
  8. - Fix some triggering issues with some quest's achievements
  10. - Fix add some missing achievements
  12. - Fix potential crashes when exiting the game.
  14. Note: The game should recover the missing achievements, for those who already achieved them.
  17. Hot fix Version 1.1.6.18970.
  19. - Fix the Fae fruits vanishing from backpack
  22. - In a specific context, if was not possible to give the Gorgor tooth to Martigar (this bug was in the original game)
  25. - In Motazaar, the dialogs related to the "collapsed mines" were not properly raised (was inadvertely removed during a code refactoring)
  28. - "Hypocondriac!" achievement was triggering at 20 instead of 100
  31. - The achievements counter related to the weapon merchants have been resized from 10 to 9 (actually there's one weapon merchant per district). The 10th weapon merchant is a just a 1999's myth! ;)
  34. Hot fix Version 1.1.6.18965.
  36. - fix some dialog concepts were not properly properly raised: zave map, song beggar
  39. Version 1.1.6.18964.
  41. - fix first platform issue in Motazaar
  43. - important stability improvement in the backpack/object manager (some objects could have been unexpectively deleted or the app could crash)
  45. - fix issues with some quest related achievements: not triggering or triggering delayed
  47. - fix evaluation of some achievements Supremacy, Invisible Pyrotechnician, No bullet wasted...
  49. - performance improvements
  51. - add the ability to position the achievement notifications (from the launcher settings->Steam)
  55. Version 1.1.6.18956.
  57. - fix crash when entering Okasankaar region
  60. Version 1.1.6.18955.
  62. - stats and achievement support
  64. - further optimisation on the brain manager
  66. - improve consistency of the the quest manager
  68. - fix EVD XRay mode which was broken in version 1.1.5
  70. - fix potential crash while interacting with the twon-ha
  72. - fix potential rendering crashes
  74. - fix issue while reloading a savegame saved with another language selected
  76. - fix marshes boat light platform issue
  78. - add an option to swap A and X buttons (as requested)
  81. Version 1.1.5.18875
  83. Further gameplay and stability fixes:
  85. - fixed: potential crash in the end game sequences
  87. - fixed: potential crash and performance drop in Talanzaar related to water cart
  89. - fixed: remove the ability to open the sunkun temple door without egar
  91. - fixed: some collision issues with Cutter (can now be overcomed by jumping)
  93. - fixed: some ammo box not reachable in Talanzaar
  96. Version 1.1.5.18872
  98. This quick patch includes the following fixes to version 1.1.5:
  100. - an issue with the brain manager allowing to finish the game without finding all the mons
  101. - a performance drop and a potential crash in Okaar and Shamazaar
  102. - a graphics issue when switching the weapon level in 1st person using the FT 74X (flame thrower)
  103. - a missing audio message when the advisor is locating HAWK MK8 ammo
  104. - some missing quest reward items (mainly the remote detonators such as THNDR-STP33 and CLAPR-T)
  108. Version 1.1.5.18871
  110. Hot fixes of version 18870
  111. - fixed: an issue with thread dispatching which could decrease performance
  113. - fixed: a clamping issue on the water reflection
  117. Version 1.1.5.18870
  120. Graphics Enhancements:
  121. - new: unlock camera constraint in 1st person and 3rd person
  123. - new: unlock resolution limitations
  125. - new: support 21:9 resolution
  127. - new: extend the visibility range, reduce distant view poping artefacts
  129. - new: properly tweak the fog to comply with the mood of the original game
  131. - new: extend the skyes according the new camera range
  133. - new: extend the NPC visibility and activity range (together with the new camera settings and the extended view, this should let you discover some unseen aspect of the AI)
  135. - new: tweak the 3rd person camera settings to provide a new strategic view point
  137. - new: add the ability to pause the dialog to read the subtitle (by keeping pressed the main button)
  140. Performance boost:
  141. To compensate the unlocking of the resolution, the camera freedom and the extended visibility range, we had to focus on various optimisations which results in a noticeable performance boost specially on multithreaded machine.
  142. - new: multithreaded fog and water post-process
  144. - new: multithreaded polygon rendering
  146. - new: rewritting rasterizer to take advantage of SSE technology instead of MMX and making it thread independent
  148. - new: improved thread affinity and dispatch
  151. Gameplay fixes
  152. - fixed: potential stuck in dialog (ie with zeo or zagrad)
  154. - fixed: transmission of the 4th mon could fail
  156. - fixed: minimap scaling was not resolution independent
  158. - fixed: can't use E character in savegame name
  161. Graphics fixes:
  162. - fixed: sometimes background disappeared on specific camera angles (mainly in 1920x1080)
  164. - fixed: highly reduce visibility popping
  166. - fixed: remove artifacts related to zbuffer precision (ie visible on Cutter helmet in 1920x1080)
  169. Crash fixes:
  170. - fixed: potential crash while changing world
  172. - fixed: potential crash while rendering shadows in 1920x1080
  174. - fixed: potential crash when leaving the Okaar map
  176. - fixed: steamCloud issue: the name of the savegame was discard by SteamServer since the file was empty
  179. Version 1.1.4.18788
  181. This hot-update fixes a crash occuring when changing world (aka using a Daoka). Sorry for this inconveniences.
  185. Version 1.1.4.18786
  187. This update fixes several crashes and stability issues (most of them needed to be fixed before enabling achievements, which are coming very soon :)
  189. - Fixed: potential end game crashs
  191. - Fixed: shadow buffer overrun may cause crash and instability on some resolution settings
  193. - Fixed: potential crash when exiting dialog prematurely
  195. - Fixed: potential crash while exiting game
  197. - Fixed: end combat crash
  199. - New: SteamCloud enabled for the savegames
  202. Version 1.1.3.18756
  204. This update fixed a major issue related to vsync management . The native fullscreen mode is now working as expected (should be more performant than any windowed modes)
  206. From that version, to achieve the best performance and quality we recommend to select "native" fullscreen mode and enabling the vsync. You should have a noticeable performance gain toward the "windowless fullscreen mode".
  209. Version 1.1.3.18753
  211. - Fixed: Potential crashes due to antialiasing buffer overrun
  213. - Fixed: Water rendering artefact due to multithreading contention
  215. - Fixed: On some configuration (mainly Windows 8.1), the Launcher could not display the buttons at the right position.
  217. - Fixed: In game music start offset and duration were incorrects
  219. - Improvement: Optimisation of the post process stage resulting on an overall performance improvement
  221. - Improvement: Integrate higher video quality (greetings to @PseudoHallogen on this one :)
  223. - New: Option to disable Desktop Window Manager to improve performance (thanks @VoodooMan for advice :)
  225. - New: Integration of Steam MiniDump support to provide us comprehensive feedback if the game crash.
  227. - New: Automatic in game recovering in case of a rendering crash.
  229. - New: Automatic saving before going through a Daoka or before playing a cinematic
  232. Version 1.1.2.18736
  234. - New: Full support of Steam Overlay !!
  236. - New: Add option to enable or not the usage of SteamAPI (default is enabled)
  238. - New: Borderless fullscreen support (cefault, user can still force native fullscreen)
  240. - Fixed: Improve launcher compatibility issue under Windows 8.1
  242. - Fixed: Improve fullscreen toggle, vsync and slowdown issues related to Directdraw buffer access
  244. - Fixed: Sound settings no more reseted when changing map and persistent between games
  246. - Fixed: Refactored ingame options menu
  248. - Fixed: Potential crashes when leaving a map (ie end game cinematic)
  250. - Fixed: Save game can now be done without keyboard
  252. - Fixed: Various bug fixes and stability improvements
  255. Version 1.1.0.18715
  257. - Fixed: Recreator was still targetting odd postions (due to compiler optimization bug)
  259. - Fixed: Water rendering artefacts in Okasankaar
  261. - Fixed: Potential crashes in Okasankaar
  263. - Fixed: Darosham wheel puzzle state was not restored properly
  265. - Fixed: Lexicon scrolling not effective
  267. - Fixed: Could not play in offline mode
  270. Version 1.1.0.18714
  272. - Changed: Video: removing H.264 codec and revert to WMV with higher quality and correct aspect ratio
  275. Version 1.1.0.18713
  277. - Fixed: Recreator location was incorrect after reload
  279. - Fixed: Potential crash in Okasankaar
  281. - Fixed: Lava platform missing in Motazaar
  283. - Fixed: Punch action is now triggered by the shoot button
  285. - Fixed: Reenforce compatibility check at startup
  287. - Fixed: Swim quest validation issue
  290. Version 1.1.0.18712
  292. - Fix: crashes related to video playback
  294. - Remove Window Media Player dependencies
  296. - Enhanced video quality
  298. - Updated manual
  301. Version 1.1.0.18711
  303. This version provides a more effective mouse/keyboard mapping and few other changes mainly related to the input control.
  305. - Add: ability to select between modern or legacy Mouse/Keyboard scheme
  307. - Add: missing button modifier for forcing Cutter to walk
  309. - Add: option to Invert Camera Axis from the launcher Settings->Input->Invert Camera YAxis
  311. - Fix: Issue preventing Twon-Ha to jump
  313. - Fix: Portuguese language
  317. Version 1.1.0.18710
  319. - Fixed: Can't provide Magwa to Shamaz Mazum
  322. Version 1.1.0.18709
  324. - Fixed: Can't get Magwa from Logar to provide Shamaz Mazum
  326. - Fixed: Lexicon empty after reload
  328. - Update: Added the original manual to the Steam page (the manual will be update soon to match 1.1 this version)
  331. Version 1.1.0.18708
  333. Add verbose messagebox to notify the player if the launcher failed to create the userdata directory or to write config files.
  336. Version 1.1.0.18707
  338. - Fixed: The savegame located on the slot3 won't load from the Launcher
  340. - Fixed: Some music transitions are incorrects
  342. - Improvement: Increasing the priorities of the voxel threads
  345. Version 1.1.0.18706
  347. - Fixed: Potential crash when entering in the game
  349. - Fixed: Potential crash when triggering XRay mode
  351. - Fixed: Potential crash while exiting a cinematic
  353. - Fixed: Abnormal delay and potential crash of the gaamsav
  355. - Fixed: Mismatch between key M and key L on the default keyboard mapping
  358. Version 1.1.0.18702
  360. - Fixed: Missing Spanish subtitles option from the Launcher
  362. - Fixed: Hiding Windows Media Player and allowing to skip by pressing any button
  365. Version 1.1.0.18701
  367. - Fixed: Hide the News Panel